Psalm 137137PsalmsBook 5Darby Translation

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1. By the Rivers of Babylon

   (Ezekiel 1:1–3)

2. 1DBYBy the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down; yea, we wept when we remembered Zion.BSBBSB: By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.
3. 2DBYWe hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.BSBBSB: There on the willows we hung our harps,
4. 3DBYFor there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that made us wail required mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.BSBBSB: for there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy: “Sing us a song of Zion.”
5. 4DBYHow should we sing a song of Jehovah's upon a foreign soil?BSBBSB: How can we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land?
6. 5DBYIf I forget thee, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill;BSBBSB: If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function.
7. 6DBYIf I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to my palate: if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.BSBBSB: May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy!
8. 7DBYRemember, O Jehovah, against the sons of Edom, the day of Jerusalem; who said, Lay it bare, Lay it bare, down to its foundation!BSBBSB: Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!”
9. 8DBYDaughter of Babylon, who art to be laid waste, happy he that rendereth unto thee that which thou hast meted out to us.BSBBSB: O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.
10. 9DBYHappy he that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the rock.BSBBSB: Blessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.

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